Numbers 36
The full text of Numbers 36 in the Trinity Bible Version — clear modern English, translated from the original Hebrew. Free to read.
1 The family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from the clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the leaders, the heads of the Israelite families.
2 They said, "When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the Israelites by lot, he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters.
3 Now suppose they marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into. And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away.
4 When the Year of Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe into which they marry, and their property will be taken from the tribal inheritance of our ancestors."
5 Then at the LORD's command Moses gave this order to the Israelites: "What the tribe of the descendants of Joseph is saying is right.
6 This is what the LORD commands for Zelophehad's daughters: They may marry anyone they please as long as they marry within their father's tribal clan.
7 No inheritance in Israel is to pass from one tribe to another, for every Israelite shall keep the tribal inheritance of their ancestors.
8 Every daughter who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father's tribal clan, so that every Israelite will keep the inheritance of their ancestors.
9 No inheritance may pass from one tribe to another, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it inherits."
10 So Zelophehad's daughters did as the LORD commanded Moses.
11 Zelophehad's daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Noah—married their cousins on their father's side.
12 They married within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in their father's tribe and clan.
13 These are the commands and regulations the LORD gave through Moses to the Israelites on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
Translation notes (3)
- Numbers 36:2a This verse follows up on the ruling in Numbers 27:1-11, where Zelophehad's daughters were granted their father's inheritance. The clan now raises a concern about tribal property. The Hebrew text is translated accurately as ancient case-law, without adding any modern interpretation.
- Numbers 36:4a The "Year of Jubilee" (Leviticus 25) was the fiftieth year when property returned to its original family; this would permanently keep any transferred land with the new tribe.
- Numbers 36:13a This is the closing statement of the book of Numbers, summarizing the laws given on the plains of Moab before Israel entered the land.
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